We are an experimental art school teaching radical Black history.

The Black School: Shop

With Self Determination as a core principle, we offer TBS educational tools and merchandise as a way to generate independent funding for our programming. Each shop purchase you make supports our mission.

The Black Schoolhouse

We are building a 21st-century schoolhouse that will function as a community center for Black radical arts education program.

Black Love Fest

Black Love Fest is an art and music festival promoting a cultural movement for Black love and self-determination.

Image: Black Love Fest 2016, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, photo by Tiffany Smith

About Us

The Black School is an experimental art school teaching radical Black history and art through educational programming, public projects, design services, and exhibitions.

Image: The Black Panther Party’s Liberation School programing, Oakland California, 1971.

Process Deck

Process Deck is a tarot-style interactive tool for brainstorming and designing creative activism projects. Purchase a deck for your classroom, organization, community or artistic practice here.

The Black School: Studio

TBS: Studio is a youth apprentice staffed art and design firm using civic engagement to design solutions for local community issues.

TBS uses art to propose radical alternatives to the current systems of injustices.

School Building - TBS

VISION

We propose building a schoolhouse that will allow us to grow roots and expand.
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WORKSHOPS

Designed to address participant questions and local issues with our key principles in mind.
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EVENTS

Public events promoting Black love, wellness, and self-determination.
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